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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Dundas Land District

Dundas Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia within the Eucla Land Division. It spans roughly 31°40'S - 32°40'S in latitude and 121°00'E - 122°15'E in longitude.

Location and features

The district is located in the western part of the Shire of Dundas between Coolgardie and Esperance. It contains four gazetted townsites, the largest of which is Norseman, the western terminus of the Eyre Highway.

Townsite Coordinates Gazetted Notes
Buldania 32°04′05″S 122°01′12″E / 32.068°S 122.020°E / -32.068; 122.020 (Buldania) 1897
Dundas 32°23′46″S 121°46′30″E / 32.396°S 121.775°E / -32.396; 121.775 (Dundas) 1895
Norseman 32°11′46″S 121°46′41″E / 32.196°S 121.778°E / -32.196; 121.778 (Norseman) 1895
Princess Royal 32°08′02″S 121°48′14″E / 32.134°S 121.804°E / -32.134; 121.804 (Princess Royal) 1904

History

The district was approved on 25 September 1897 by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. As it was approved prior to the Land Act 1898, its boundaries were never gazetted.

References

  1. ^ "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949.
  2. ^ Mapping — General — Declaration of Land Districts (7835/97), p.5.

32°10′S 121°50′E / 32.167°S 121.833°E / -32.167; 121.833